David Foster Wallace, 1962-2008

If you haven't yet read his brilliant 1996 Harper's essay "Shipping Out,"2 you might want to take the time to do so today.

After all, this is water.3

- jpt

1. Tragically taking his own life, having suffered from depression for years.2. Better known as "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again"3. A reference to the opening anecdote in the commencement address Wallace delivered at Kenyon College in 2005